About Bruce Hucko
Simply put, I'm a 72-year-old independent artist who just loves making BW and Color images that lean to the abstract and that hold personal meaning, artfully expressed. And I have a healthy list of accomplishments.
In the commercial realm, I have 11 books that feature my work only, I photographed and produced two National Park Service interpretive slide shows (Arches NP and Organ Pipe Cactus NM) as well as shows for Southern Utah Wilderness Association, New Mexico Wilderness Alliance and Canyonlands Field Institute (12 projectors). Additionally, single images have been published in dozens of other publications, calendars and posters.
My prints have been exhibited at the Salt Lake City Art Center, Finch Lane Gallery (SLC), Denver Art Museum, Anasazi Heritage Center CO, and Evergreen Gallery in SLC that also handles my work.
To view more of my recent personal work, visit www.blurb.com and use their search feature and my last name to access my page. There you will find 14 self-published landscape-oriented books that you can view in their entirety for free by using the preview button.
The rest of the books were made to honor the art made by my students at HMK Elementary School in Moab. Since 1978, I've been known as "Art Coach!" thousands of children in the 4-Corners Region. From 1978-1989, I live on the Utah Strip of the Navajo Reservation, teaching art full-time for the Utah Arts Council. During that time, I was recognized as 1 of 30 leading art educators in our country by the Rockefeller Bros Fund Award for Excellence in Arts Education. That experience led to a move to Santa Fe where I served as Art Coach to the 8-Northern Pueblos Day School and the publication of "Where There Is No Name for Art - the art of Tewa Pueblo children" for which I received a 1998 Southwest Book Award.
In late 1999 I returned to my Moab home, worked on private and contract projects and in 2008 started as Art Coach for HMK Elementary. That ended in late 2023. During that time, I was honored as 2015-16 Elementary School Art Educator of the Year by the Utah Art Education Association and a Legacy Award by the Beverley Sorenson Arts Learning Program.
So what? Well, I have a great understanding of the Principles and Elements of Art, knowledge that most visual artists know, but most photographers lack.
I've always enjoyed inspiring children to make art and have been very successful at it. To do the same for adult photographers I found the Moab Photography Symposium in 2004, closed it after 2018, brought it back for a one-time Encore performance and then, urged by an act of serendipity, turned it over to photographers/educators Jennifer Renwick and David Kingham. I'm a very proud father!
All my sharing, whether it's teaching a field workshop, giving a live lecture, writing on FB and as book text is to 1) inspire everyone to make personally meaningful images, 2) offer the tool skills and art knowledge to do so, and 3) to totally joy and be in the moment doing so!
About Dave Winegar
David James Winegar is a wildlife and fine-art landscape photographer shaped by a lifelong connection to wild places. He was introduced to photography through his father, watching his dad develop film in a darkroom and sharing countless days outdoors. After losing his father, David grew up quickly, moving at age 13 to a Montana cattle ranch—an experience that further shaped his connection to wild places.
He later earned his silver wings as a U.S. Air Force jet pilot and spent three decades as an airline pilot, with additional years in flight operations management. In 2003, he founded Park City Photography LLC and, through the education and mentorship of the Intermountain Professional Photographers Association, continued to refine his craft. A 2015 graduate of the New York Institute of Photography, David has received recognition, including first place in Art Wolfe’s International Photography Contest (2007) for Leap of Faith, created in Park City, Utah.
His wildlife and landscape artistry has been featured in Park City furniture and design stores and juried into the Springville Museum of Art for two consecutive years 2024/2025. Now working directly in an artist-to-client model grounded in craftsmanship and personal service, David seeks to bring photographic art of wildlife and landscapes into the spaces where people live and work.
Learn more at ParkCityPhotography.net.
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